2022 Best Value Bioinformatics Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Bioinformatics Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Bioinformatics is the 446th most popular major in the country with 1,100 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Plains States region, there were 50 bioinformatics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 21 bioinformatics graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,438 and $39,783 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Bioinformatics Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in bioinformatics. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great bioinformatics programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the bioinformatics program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Bioinformatics Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Bioinformatics Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Bioinformatics (Income $48-$75k) in the Plains States Region

#1

University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

Minneapolis, Minnesota

#1 in overall quality

$28,845 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Bioinformatics Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k. Minneapolis, Minnesota is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s bioinformatics degrees to 13 students in 2019-2020.

UMN Twin Cities also made our “Best Bioinformatics Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #1. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UMN Twin Cities are $28,845.

Full UMN Twin Cities Bioinformatics Report

#2

University of Iowa

Iowa City, Iowa

$27,613 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Bioinformatics Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Iowa landed the #2 spot on the list. University of Iowa is a large public school situated in Iowa City, Iowa. It awarded 1 masters’s bioinformatics degrees in 2019-2020.

Iowa also made our “Best Bioinformatics Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #0. Average graduate tuition and fees at Iowa are $27,613, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Bioinformatics at University of Iowa

#3

Saint Louis University

Saint Louis, Missouri

#2 in overall quality

$22,074 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Bioinformatics Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Saint Louis University landed the #3 spot on the list. SLU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Saint Louis, Missouri. It awarded 7 masters’s bioinformatics degrees in 2019-2020.

SLU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Bioinformatics Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at SLU are $22,074, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Bioinformatics at SLU

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Bioinformatics (Income $48-$75k)

Notes and References

References

• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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